Amazon are selling Jerry Springer – The Opera for £3.97.  Mine should arrive tomorrow 🙂
Entries from July 23rd, 2008
Progress
July 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Progress · Life
I had a bit of a breakthrough today. For the first time I got all the way home without getting off the bike and pushing at any point. Its more of a psychological breakthrough than a physical one, I suspect.  The last 50 metres before getting home is a hill that just psychs me out. […]
Tags: Cycling
Now everyone’s a paparazzo!
July 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Now everyone’s a paparazzo! · Life, Technology
It was announced on the Flickr blog on July 8th but I only knew about it from this story in the Guardian’s media section today (so score one for the ‘dead tree media’ I suppose).  The plan is that Getty Images will trawl through the photos on Flickr to look for ones they think are […]
Camera Envy
July 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Life
One downside to visiting Farnborough yesterday was the expected terminal case of camera envy. Everywhere you looked there were people carrying great big Canon and Nikon DSLRs or even the Olympus and Sony ones. Some of them had the bloody great paparazzi-style lenses. I knew it would make me feel bad about my little compact […]
Tags: Photos
Nettles
July 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
To answer Danivon’s question about whether the overgrown-ness at Broadfield Park is really that bad, here are two photos of the same place: the ornamental arch. Admittedly they are from different ends. The first picture was taken in April 2007 and the second was taken today.
Tags: Broadfield Park
Farnborough 2008
July 20th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Life, Technology, Work
We went off to Farnborough for the air show today. I had not been to one before because, although I like planes, I only really have a casual interest in them and figured that air shows were just for the hardcore aviation enthusiasts. It turns out I got it wrong – anyone can enjoy them, […]
Drum dependency
July 19th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Music
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Here is a clip from Wednesday’s episode of The Cobert Report – the full show is available here. Thanks to the brother-in-law, Rob for sending me the link: I hadn’t even heard of The Colbert Report before, but it looks OK. A bit […]
Superstars
July 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Superstars · Life
I don’t usually find myself watching Five, but tonight I had a look at Superstars.  I tuned in because I half-remembered reading somewhere that the show was going to be in Crawley’s K2 leisure centre at some point: I kept watching because the format is pretty compulsive.
Rhododendron bashing
July 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
Ian Irvine is offering the prospect of rhodendron bashing for anyone who wants to become a friend of Broadfield Park.  If I can get assurances that bashing the rhododendron is not an alternative for bashing the bishop I might join up. As I was passing through on the way home the other day I noticed […]
Tags: Broadfield Park·Photos
Best quiz story ever?
July 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Best quiz story ever? · Life
I have just seen this anecdote over at the Word website, about the perils of playing the joker in a pub quiz. Is it the best quiz story ever?
